New York City / Newark

1882: New York – Barmen

The day of my departure, the 18th of February, had come. After taking a bath, I visited Mr. Hornich in his factory. He was very moved and gave me a bottle of Cognac. Also the wine merchant Kurzenberge...

9/11 Memorial

We decided to visit the 9/11 Memorial and the Museum right next to it.
After downloading the audio-guide-app (German available!) via the free wifi we started the tour - and underground we went. A lar...

Tenement Museum

We decided to visit the Tenement Museum, an absolutely beautiful Museum about the various immigrants and their lifes in New York. They restored the tenement building of 87 Orchard street which now sho...

Meeting the Consul General

On my first day in New York City, we were invited to meet the Consul General Mrs. Wagener at the German Consulate General New York for Lunch. We really enjoyed this and I learned that almost half of t...

Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

As we had checked out early from Queen Mary 2, we had most of the day to explore New York City. As I still had my dress on (and decided to keep it on for the day), the best fit seemed to be a visit of...

The arrival

After one week at sea, we were finally happy that we would se land again and of course were excited about the arrival at the Harbor of New York - yet anxious if we would have a good view or if we woul...